Chapter 183: The Great Collapse Begins
June 28, 199 Gregorian calendar.
The city of Grabozh, Helo Province, Lanlong Kingdom.
In the office of the city government, Mayor Amanda and a group of officials under his command were in a meeting, and everyone's face showed solemnity and helplessness. It's just because the issue they are discussing today is tricky!
Prices!
Especially the price of food!
"Since the all-out war between the Lanlong Kingdom and the Tang Empire, the Tang Empire has captured most of my eastern coast, cutting off our logistics and trading, causing the prices of various provinces and cities in the central region of my kingdom to soar, especially the price of grain, which has almost tripled, and if it continues like this, something big will happen sooner or later!"
Mayor Amanda said in a deep voice.
His words were echoed by many people present at the moment.
"Mayor, you're right."
"But compared to the Tang Army, which cut off our logistics business, the most hateful thing is the unscrupulous businessmen in our country, who wantonly hoarded grain and drove up prices, which led to the further deterioration of the situation."
"4 cents a pound of flour has now soared to 1 cent a pound!"
"We must find those big businessmen and big compradors as soon as possible, and let them come forward to calm prices."
"Director Hera, you take it for granted, those big businessmen and big compradors can't take out food willingly!"
The officials spoke one after another, and their tones were full of helplessness.
Mayor Amanda gritted her teeth and said: "Now we can only hope that foreign merchants can have a large amount of grain in their hands for trading. β
Hearing this, everyone nodded in unison.
Alien businessmen?
Where's that?
Bang!!!
Suddenly, the door of the office was pushed open with great force, and a young government official rushed in with a happy face.
"Good news, Lord Mayor!"
"There are foreign merchants who are selling a large amount of grain at a reasonable price!"
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On the street of the city of Grabozh.
At this moment, at the door of a shop, countless people of the Lanlong Kingdom lined up in a long line to buy food, looking at the full food in the shop that could not be counted at a glance, everyone's hearts were extremely excited.
In particular, the price of food is a pleasant surprise.
Flour: 6 cents a pound!
Compared to the price of flour from other merchants on the street, it is 4 cents cheaper!
In the 21st century, almost no one cares about things that differ by a few cents. Because a few cents have no purchasing power at all, buying flour and rice casually costs dozens or hundreds of yuan a bag, but in Lanxing and Lanlong Kingdom, a few cents is fate!
The new soldiers of the Tang Empire have a salary of only 10 yuan a year, and the higher ones are only 15 yuan.
Therefore, the people at present are very excited when they see flour that is much cheaper than the market price, and they even cry with joy.
"The price of conscience, it's the price of conscience!" An old man on crutches became agitated.
"Yes!"
An old woman wiped her tears and said: "If the price of grain rises again, in less than two months, my family will run out of food." β
On June 28, countless people wept with joy, making the street very lively, and everyone remembered the name of this grain store.
ββGreat China Grain Travel!
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For the next three days, the grain sold by the Great China Grain Store was always the cheapest grain in the whole city of Graboge.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the city are full of gratitude to the Great China Grain Travel.
Of course, the behavior of the Great China Grain Store greatly hurt the interests of the local merchants in Graboge City, believing that the Great China Grain Store was deliberately destroying their market and cutting off their financial routes, so in the following days, the Great China Grain Store was sabotaged by unknown persons several times.
The storefront was smashed!
Grain destroyed!
A large amount of grain was burned to the ground!
As a direct result, on the fourth day, there was not a single grain of grain to sell, which made countless people chagrined, and even more hated those black-hearted merchants.
"Damn it!"
"Damn the black-hearted businessman, they must have done it!"
"That's right!"
"They can't see the behavior of the Great China Grain Bank!"
"What are they going to do?"
"They won't let us live!"
"What's the use of talking about this now, I traveled for two days to get here to buy food, and now there is no food, what should I do?"
Countless people are excited and unhappy for the Great China Grain Bank. After all, food is what they care about most, and without the Great China Grain Store, where else can they go to buy such cheap grain?
"Huh?"
"Look, the boss of the Great China Grain Bank has come out!"
A voice suddenly rang out.
It was like dropping a bomb in the river, resounding through the heavens and the earth, attracting the attention of hundreds of people present.
The owner of the Great China Grain Bank, he is a blonde man in his 30s, his face is full of kindness, which makes people feel good at first sight. His name is Arnold!
That's right.
This person is the deputy chief of staff of the New Ninth Brigade, a five-star general of the US Air Force who was summoned by Ouyang, and Arnold, who is known as the "first person in strategic bombing"!
Seeing Arnold come out, all the people present were gone, and it took a long time for this scene to calm down.
Arnold exclaimed: "Ladies and gentlemen, those sinful and filthy scoundrels, they can only use very lowly methods to secretly burn our grain! β
"They burned not only food, but also hope for all of you!"
"But I tell you, evil cannot overcome justice!"
"For justice prevails!"
"Tomorrow afternoon, there will be a large amount of grain coming over!"
Arnold's extremely inflammatory remarks completely stunned the audience.
If in the past, the Great China Grain Bank was just an image of a conscientious businessman in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people in Grabozh City, then now the status of the Great China Grain Bank in their minds has been sublimated to the realm of national heroes and national heroes.
Now many people are directly shouting: Whoever dares to go against the Great China Grain Bank is against all of us, and the hundreds of thousands of people in the city are enemies!
Such a big movement also alarmed the municipal government of Grabozh.
Mayor Amanda assured Arnold: "We will protect the safety of the Greater China Grain Company!" β
In the days that followed, the Great China Grain Bank won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people in Graboge.
Walking on the streets and alleys, anyone who dares to say a bad word about the Great China Grain Bank will be besieged by countless people!
Great China Grain Bank has become the largest grain enterprise in Graboge City!
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Ten days later.
The branches of the Great China Grain Bank, like a tornado, swept through the cities of Helo Province in the Lanlong Kingdom.
Moreover, at a very fast speed, it spread to all the provinces of the entire Lanlong Kingdom, and at the same time, with a very high reputation and the image of a national hero, it has won the recognition of at least 3 million people in the Lanlong Kingdom
Officials from all over the Lanlong Kingdom, such as mayors, high-ranking officials, senators, and so on, all spoke highly of Arnold, the boss of the Great China Grain Bank.
Even the king of the kingdom of Lanlong, Sadi XVI, gave Arnold a medal.
For a time, Arnold himself and the Great China Grain Company quickly occupied the grain market of the entire Lanlong Kingdom at an extremely fast speed!
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In a small town in the kingdom of Lanlong.
Ouyang, Arnold, and the economic guru Friedman gathered.
Ouyang sighed: "More than 5 billion have been spent, and it has finally won a high reputation in the Lanlong Kingdom. Friedman, can the next step begin? β
"Huh!"
Friedman nodded and laughed coldly: "The fire is in place, the next step can indeed begin, it's time for them to spit out all of our more than 50 billion!" β
got a positive answer, and immediately Ouyang couldn't help but look stunned, because what happened next was the real beginning of the big collapse plan!
It will be like an avalanche, sweeping through the entire Lanlong Kingdom, completely destroying the economic system of the Lanlong Kingdom!
The first update.